The Discover search box on the Library home page will change its look on Friday 25 October, and will include a new tab with a Library Catalogue search box. Here’s a preview of how it will look: The change is in response to feedback from students and staff that the Library Catalogue should be easier to access. This will allow you to start searching the Catalogue from the Library home page. Use the Discover tab to look for a wide range of articles, books and more. The drop-down box allows you to select keyword, title or author searches. To limit to the material freely available through Massey Library, leave the ‘Available in Library Collection’ box ticked. If you prefer the Discover Advanced search, which has multiple...Read more
Update 25/10/13: The Turitea workshops are now full and a waiting list is in operation. Albany and Wellington still have vacancies. If you’re an academic staff member or a postgraduate research student, we invite you to enrol in the Knowledge...Read more
Kupu o te Wiki, or Word of the Week, is brought to you by the Library’s Māori Staff. The word this week is: Peita (pay-tah) or paint I love to peita! ...Read more
The winners of Massey University’s fifth annual Ngā Kupu Ora Aotearoa Māori Book Awards have been announced. The awards ceremony will be held at Te Wharewaka o Poneke function centre in Wellington on November 7. All of the books...Read more
The usual Library hours will vary over October and November: Labour Day Monday 28 October: 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Exam period extended hours Fridays 25 October, 1 & 8 November: 8 a.m. – 10 p.m. Summer School hours Tuesday 12 November...Read more
Kupu o te Wiki, or Word of the Week, is brought to you by the Library’s Māori Staff. The word this week is: Māharahara (maah-ha-rah-ha-rah) or worry / anxious Even though I study well, I still get a bit māharahara just before my exams...Read more
This week Librarians Nicola Harris and Megan Ingle, from Turitea Library, recommend one of their favourite resources… We recommend Google Scholar for anyone – from undergraduate to postgraduate students, and staff. We like it because...Read more
If you use OR searching in Discover (or other EBSCOhost databases) to look for alternative terms, there are a couple of things you should know… The OR should always be in capital letters, or your search results will be skewed. For example...Read more
Kupu o te Wiki, or Word of the Week, is brought to you by the Library’s Māori Staff. The word this week is: awhi (are-fee) or support/help I am going to awhi my sister by going to watch her netball game this weekend...Read more
Some databases have been affected by the US Government shut-down. The ones we have noticed are ERIC and PubMed, but there may be others. If you encounter this in a database, there should be a message explaining the extent to which it is affected...Read more
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